HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK
COMPANY, LIMITED.
The following is the report of the Board of Directors to the ordinary yearly meeting of shareholders, to be held at the offices of the Company, No. 14, Praya, Hongkong on Monday, the 24th February, ilgo, at 3 o'clock p.mitme
To the shareholders of the Hengkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited. Gentlemen,—The Directors have now to sub- mit to you, their Report with a Statement of Accounts for the half-year ending 31st December Inst
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1990.
CAPITAL ACCOUNT, DICEMBER 31ST, 1989. Assets Property Arcount Steam-Launch Precursor ........... Refined Sogat...... Molasses
Canl, Charcoal, Stores, Fire Insurance
&c. Hongkong and Shanghai
Corporation... Cash. Sundry Debtors
Liabilities:
The total receipts for the six months are $574,175.99, and the net profit, after paying interest due and all charges, amounti Account
.................................$ 62,314-79 Jardine, Matheson & Co's Current to which has to be added the balance
Account cur brought forward from last account t05,778,24|| Sundry Creditors .......
and from this have to be deducted--- Directors' fees $4,500,00 Auditors' fees................................
400.09
$168,093.03
4,900.00
leaving available for appropriation...$163,193.03 The Directors recommend that a dividend for the half-year of 5 percent., or $78,125, be paid to the Shareholders, and a Bonus of $100, to Contributing Shareholders; that $10,000 be written from the value of Machinery, Pumps, and Caissons, $5,000 from the cost of Steam Launches, and the balance, $29,958.03, carried forward to new account.
DIRECTORS.
Messrs. J. Bell-Irving and N. A. Siebs having resigned, the directors invited Messrs. J., J. Keswick and H. Hopplus to the vacant seats'on
PROFIT AND LOSS, ACCOUNT.
Less Interest on Genc- la ral Agenta1· Advance ......
Account ............ 3,500.00
Exchange .........DRI Remuneration to Consulting Com- mittee..........
General Agents' & Manila.Agents' - Commissions
Auditor's Fec ........................ Balance
for they had had enough of it. They declared hat it was their chief's fault, for he would not give up fighting, so they caught him and now delivered him up, in hopes that thefihting would cease, and they declared thepisives willing to submit to and be ruled by the Governor, Na Ming for wai is the name of chief, and he is ruler of about ten districts, and there is a chief of each district besider. Capt. Woo had the house of the chief searched, and he found the walls decorated with about two hundred human skulls, all of which the chief had taken. This chief, with his wife and two sons, were sent to H.E. the Governor, who personally interrogated the chief, and after hearing all he had to say, Liu Ming-chuan had him beheaded. The execution took place on the 27th of the 12th maon. The wife and sons of the chief are still focked up in prison at Thepah. The savages: have expressed their willingness to wholly surrender to the Imperialists.
Dragon's Nest, ten # from our starting point listomWe were below just finishing supper, and so It doesn't serm worthwhile to urge the captainnaware of our exact whereabouts an occa... $771.186.56 | to do another ten to-day with no prospect of an tional sentence reached us, however, but as $393.30 anchorage at night; so at the Dragon's Nest there was an office on either side of the river it 19 893.77 we remain. An uninteresting spot, which by nows a little difficult to follow the conversation, 2012.13 means fulfils the promise of its name, so we teave shouted to and frn. "Stop, lower your sail
it on the morrow without any particular ferli gol) was reiterated for both banks. But rue sailors
wind has
caphain was in bed would listen "high for a good day's journey. Thewind changed, replying that they had foreign pssengers and 16,408,39 and sadid the river. Just without tight of Shuang, did not carry alt. The vociferation increased kou it makes a sharp bend to the south an as we moved, slowly ahead, and just as the 3-216.
couple of hours were spent in reaching an, and writer reached the deck, a boatnan bawled 41,364.gr
chorage Shuangkou was perhaps the largest "well, he won't permit us to stop." This sup- $94.369 17 place we had passed so far: only a marker posed independer ce on the part of the foreigner town, but a busy, populous one, with a not un- not uproasonably incensed the officials, and we important shipping and fishing ingrest, It wir could see by the lights hurrying about on either Capital Account...
..$700 000.03
our first stopping place of any sizsin Anhui and side that chase was about to be made. A boat Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Advance
the first that repudiated Mexicans, Spanish | put öüit hom one bank and a number of men 50,000.00 dollars were in demand, but the domain of the ran along the other. Nothing intimidated, and Mexican is bounded by Kingsu povince. Until in spite of our protestations, the hoatmen still 116,605,69 we crossed the Hanan border we band that the be'd on their way. At last in deference an 7.520.26 Spanish coin circulated freely, but in the latter increased vigour in our attitude the sail was Profit and Loss Account ............... ..... 49,14322 | province mini only is used. Close by us was lowered a couple of yards and ultimately al-
anchored a houseboat flying a white flag with a together, the land and water chase being finished Sator), Canton Province, continues to be as The new Prefect of Ch'ao-chow Fa (near $914.269.17 | crimson cross. As we anticipated, her passenger simultaneously as our boat turned into the bank.
was a Jesuit Father-an old man, Italian, who We were instantly boarded by a crowd of angry he was Prefect of Loting Chow His last con- prolific in proclamations to the people as when on discovering that we did not penke French men the Justice of whose wrath-could-not be tains the following interesting paragraphs: addressed us in very good Englin Like our gain-said. They had had a long tramp and 'a' To Balance from last yearies$18 466 48 selves he had started from Chirking, but he long vow to enforceabedience to the law. Our "Whereas, during the reign of Tang Chi, owing
Interest$17,506.62
to the disorderly state into which the people of was now within twenty miles of hi destination men did not assume a peaceable attitude, and this. Prefecture had fallen, General Fang Yao was whalstware had not yet got hall war. Ah,' said one of them why about to be dragged off to ap- stationed here with powers of life and death, to he 'these Chinese are slow; we have been eleven pease offended justice when I interposed, en restore order, and within 20 years executed more days doing this distance; bad wecame by the quiring for the head man. Their manner be than 3,000 rabbers, and rioters, and exacted 14,006.62 Lakes instead of by Tsingkiangu we should came respectful at once, and my apologies and contributions from persons,, assisted by his 3.23646 have been at Wubolsien long ago. Eleven days explanations were listened to and accepted. We troops, of several tens of thousands of taels, by the long way round! We camethe short way were heartilygind to the boxtrainfreiced and, whereas, since 1 took charge of this 1500.00 and had spent twenty !
and the revenue men well on their way back Next, day toward midnight, (we had a good Travellers require to be careful how they deal Prefecture, constant claims have been made 1790.52 moon now) we reached Wohoisien, where is a with these men and just as much to notice the to General Fang to pay for the expenses of by persons who state that they gave money 125.00 Custom1 Office, the first we have passed on the attitude assumed by their attendants, for the chipruting persons guilty of criminal offences, 40.14133 jou ney Happily its officials were civil, Chinese are notori asly fond of cheap bravado hut have not a shadow of evidence in support of permitting us to pass after a merely nominal and of high-handedness under coverof a name their clainis, and whereas this year (1889-90) $9 258.30 examination.
Their impedance on this odension mighHhave three Imperial amnestics have been proclaimed, The Inland Customs service of China, it is got us into trouble and delayed us days, besides iis, hereby notified that no attention will in $89,258.30 | hardly necessary to remark, is an altogetherhindering any who may follow us by creating future be paid to any claims connected with the
different service to $29258.30 Customs; different in every way possible for other band, Chinese keyedus officers frequently and furthermore all persons annoyed by claims the Imperial Maritime prejudice against foreigners generally. On the pericit of General Fang's martial, government. two services with the same object to differ, and assume an authority to which they have no still brought by relations or dependents of diffing itself in different localities, as the present claim. On one occasion, on the Han, soine General Fang arising from that period, nte writer can testify from bitter experience. The friends were detained three days until they invited, to inform me of the names of such barriers in the Huai are not nearly so numerous would give permissipy to have their boxes persons." In subsequent paragraphs, the new as those in the Han, nor are they administered examined. At the end of that time the mapdari Prefect declares his intention of checking the, in such a high-banded manner. At the Han in charge tendered an apology, and removed his usurpation by small military officials, whilom custom houses the officials are most frequently prohibition Better counsels ha pred preteges of General Fang, of the functions of the Hunanese, and the Hunan man proverbially he probably recognised the illegality of his action. territorial civil officials, which still continues, as high-handed. He sets everybody at defiance, Under such circumstances the traveller is simply the country being now fully pacified, the time doing according to his own sweet wil wherever he without resoarce. Threats of appeal are at once for martial rule is past; and he is sure that the gees, striking terror into the heart of many a disë" | unwise and undignified—both parties have a trict magistrate, banker, and merchant. It was the fair idea of the probable issue of such a course, who has been transferred to Canton, writer's misfortuneon one occasion folosea native Nothing short of moving the whole executive of Will hear without displeasure of his action in banker's draft, and only to discover the loss in a the country from the Tsung li Yamen down would respect. city eighteen days' journey from hat in which be sufficient to avenge the trouble, and the the lost draft was payable. Now it must be there would be no asiumace againsistāl repetļ-
The Hu Pae of the gth February has an premised that native drafts are always payable tion. It is almost superfluous to add that such interesting leader on domestic slavery in China, to-bearer, although there is no intimation to machinery is not easily moved!"
This, the writer observes with satisfaction, that effect or the document itself and though The Huai from, Chengyangkuan to the lakes looking at the question from the roint of view of the payec's name is writen there'n în full, runs through a flat country, fairly populous and humanity, does not now attain to the formidable After some correspondence and enter two in er apparently fruitful. At this season the water is dimensions which it did in earlier times when one. rich individual (Chob Wang-sun) owned at its lowest, yet we had always a splendid depth, views, the issue of the draft having been a know-
as many as 3,000, serfs. In ancient times. (English), and frequenily, more than twenty, During the other three seasons the water is of bone as now-a-days, but the following were course very much deeper. Now, the channel is the modes of procedure:-Either the poor men well defined and circuitous, but at higher water of village would bind themselves as serfs many paus, must resemble small lakes i to a rich and powerful man for protection, which When the Yellow River breach was beingas, called 'ow 'go, offering themselves in repaired two steamers went up as for Chouchia-return for protection, or, as during the Ming kau with tram rails and other plant. Apparently dynasty, a man would himself write, or have written for him, à "body deed," which he would journeys by ships of good draught, to Chouchis-
the Baard, which appointments have to be con- By Gain on Working. firmed at this meeting,
In accordance with clause 60 of the Articles
of Association, Messis. T. E. Davies and E. L. Woodin retire by rotation, but being eligible offer themselves for re-dection.
Mr. W. H. Forbes has been appointed Chair- man for the year 1890,
AUDITORS.
The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Thos, Arnold and F. Henderson (the latter acting for Mr. F. T. P. Foster) The Directors recom mend these gentlemen for re-election,
L' POESNECKER.
Chairman.
CAPITAL ACCOUNT, JULY TO DICEMBER, 1889
Aste Aberdeen,
To Value of Aberdeen Docks, as per last statement..)' 150,902.00
Kowloon..
Vale of Kowloon Docka, o per lask aatement.............. 61,790.66
Remuring Reck round Dock Head, R. 24:00
„„, Amount expended on New Sea Wall
doring last six month
Boundary Wall, Extensiontefodding. Shop
New Dock..
$17.45
* $07.08
1
,, Cost of New Dock, as per last-state-
ment, lesa ammunta written off...
Commision paid Mess. Danby and "Leigh
·057.04
Cosmopolitan. Value of Cosmopolitan Dack, wa perlaat staa
Tug, Launches and Lightart Value of Pilot Fish," as per lant atajement ... asja5.00.
Value of Steam Launches, Steam "Ughter, Cargo Lighter and Boats 47,482.82
Sundry Debtor. Cost of Material on 'hand.,
LIABILITIES.
By Shareholders for paid-up Capital
Admiralty Loan £28.00006, od.
Less Repaymentsź 1:84 68, 10d..
£x8,216 138. 24. @vick...... .. Sundry Credline.
Halance of Profit brought forward from last account..... "Prost..
Hongkong 3rd February, 1890
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., . Geoeral Agenia....
I have examined the books, and vouchers of the Company, and the returns received from the Manila Agents, and certify that the above statements are in accordance therewith.-
THOS ARNOLD, Auditor.
ĠEO, FENWICK AND COMPANY
LIMITED.
The General Manager beys to submit to the Shaicholders a Statement of Accounts shewing the result of the Company's working for the first year ending 31st December, 189:
The net profit for the past year, amounts to $17.300.85, from which has to be deducted the interim dividend of 5 per cent, or $7,500, paid -674,131,18 | on the 17th July last, leaving a balance ofledged and the identity of the payee established, never. ¡les, than fram i tablyéztöl ifteen feet however, these slaves were not bought one
*178,824,46
|
From what we hear, the native. Opium will soon be taxed with duty and Ukin. It is vaguely current amongst natives that both duties will come up to Tis, 30 per picul. It this be true, no doubt the gron deficiency in the receipts of revenue, from the Indian drug, has forced the authorities to take such a siap, in order to cover the losses on the other side.-Echo.
FORMOSA
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.).,.
KELUNG, February 2nd, 1890. There has scarcely been anything of general interest to report froth this part of the world. your with what is going on that I send you a since New Year day; it is just to keep you, d. few lines 17% Anoy.
The railway is progressing, and the line will be opened on or about the 28th instant, to the first station, to the South of Taipeh-foo, Sin-ching: already. On the other hand, the line is inter the ballast trains are running past that place.
dlaka, where a landslip has destroyed the line rupted for a few weeks between Siko and Shu- in the same place as before; a bridge will now he put up to prevent similar accidents in the future. Messr, Matheson and Watson, respec tively manager and engineer-in-chief for the railways, have just been here in Kelung to survey. and level the line through the tunnel. I am afraid it will be nearly the end of summer before we can reckon on getting passenger trains through to Kelung
The coal export from Kelung is worse than
ment mines at Pak-tow. Hardly any ships come prices for inferior coal, now that they have no now to our part, as, the natives charge high competition.
before, and no coal at all comes fans the govern
here at present to make popsals for sites for The manager for the Formanta. Trading Co. is
a what, godowns, and buildings, etc. H.E. the Governor has plans for very extensive improve. desirable part, but it will take time to get it done. ments, which will mak• Kelung a good and As an example how much His Excellency has to incident from last week. Amongst the divisions of contend with, I will mention the following little soldiers that were made ready for the campaign, it was found that a Teong-ling (General) had drawn pay for 100 men with equipment, whereal it was found out that he had a little over 600 altogether. The defaulter was brought to the Yamén in chains, and orders were given to behead him forthwith, but the other Tonglings and his friends of word to H.E., and the
execution was stayed on that account.
The fort over Kelung is now nearly finished, and Lieutenant Hecht is busy training men to the use of breech-loading rifles; he has already trained men to use heavy guns in the fort.
The weather has been excredingly fine of late, and we have had much less main than is usual for this time of the year. If there was only a little more to do, this would be a lovely place indeed to live in -dfercury,
CHEFOO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
January 31si.
89,800.85 for appropriation. From this amount it is proposed to pay a final dividend of 5 per cent, or $7,500, to. Shareholders, remuneration to Consulting Committee of 5 per cent, on the net profits, in accordance with the Articles of Association, Auditor's fee $150, to place $1,000 252.165-97 to Reserve Fund, and caur forward the balance
to next year's account, The expenses in connection with the formation at the point of the word! At the yamên, on-there-is-nothing to hinder the repetition of these ke to the seigneur's house, receiving in return the ingenious, builder of the Port Arthur forti. of the Company, amounting to $2,2ig.to, have all been charged to the Accounts of the present 16,687.81 *1946-year. 587,324.61
CONSULTING COMMITTEE.
Mr. Alfred Woolley having left the Colon, cgid once made, however, the money was accessible districts would be: great.:: There/ate-wise got the better of him. On the other hand, Chefon l'expect you will be able to drive in a
Bu, yes,680,#T
Mr. David McCulloch was invited to join the Board, who, together with Mr. Henderson and 8.5,600.0 Mr. Stevens, is eligible for re-election.
AUDITOR.
105.719.04
62,214 70
268,002-07 $9,749,680.81
No news of great importance, or you would have had a telegram from me. We are going to have a little more lively times now in our. otherwise dull place, Captain von Hannecken, fications, and the splendid roads connecting them, is now fortifying Wei-hní-wei, and haş commenced buliding a road between Wei-hal- wei and this place. Next time you come to carriage and four if you can afford to sport them... I hear von Hannecken has got three Mongo- lian ponies in training for next year's "Douner- schlag," "Wetter," "Strahl." I'm sorry that has had to go to your place to consult an oculist; there is something the matter with his "optics." I hear the dinner bell; please excuse me; nothing more today.-Mercury.
The accounts have been audited by Mansu, when Teo Tsung-tang held his viceregal Upper Han or Upper Yangtze.-N. C. Das? | service, but also with their property at need. Liu Taotai, formerly of Lushupkon ́(Port Arthur)
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
!
the manager of the branch in the ciỷ in which I was informed me that he could not pay the sum involved, a small one, until apublic record bad been made in the office of the district magistrate of the city in which the draft was primarily payable. And the reason assigned was that if the lost draft fell into the hands of a Hunan so'dier he would demand be sum the bark manager slating the case, the secretary with whom we were speaking ej culated Ahl of kou in the summer time add to Changyangkuan era which he would hang up. In his course! If a Hunan soldier found, that draft be all the year round. The influence, of a steam hut. He would thus, being known thenceforward would draw his sword to enforce pyment.' The service upon the trade of these papulous and as a member of the rich man's household, be left unmolested by people who would have other- prompily handed over.
no rapids, even at low water, on the Huai, and Court Szechenyi, with his credentials in proper the soil of the country through which it flows is his descendants for all subsequent genera order and with a permit from the Tsung-li light and sandy, hence, its navigationis not tions were bound by their ancestor's engage Yamen, reached Suchou on the west border of confronted by such difficulties as that of thsment, and were at their lege lord's beck and call, and bound to assist him not only with their court there immediately after the sppression of | News, T. Arnold, who offers himself for re-election. the Mahommedan rebellion. He wished to pass
Their daughters were restricted to the families and GRO, FENWICK!"
of other serls. for their matrimonial alliances, and on to fodia and informed the Governor-General General Manager,
that he had authority from Peking in the journey.
in this manner have arisen the tribes of the Hongkong, 17th February, 1890.
Abl said the old Hunan war, rule out.
lanku or tankar.-boat people of Canton,-and here! And the journey has not not yet been Two Cantonese, Chua and Li, havesant au of Shaohing. These were hideous times 31st Dec, 1889. ASSETS,
petition to the Viceroy of Canton to beg for pereli
Loftyranny, when a rich man could for a lantern accomplished. Value of Land and Buildings thereon $91,000.00 Travelling far inland is quite another thing mission to start a lottery, on the Manila lottery buy unbora generations of fellow-men as slaves Plant and Office Furniture,.. 36,878.51 to travelling near the coast, in the canal or in principle. After they got permission they merely because their ancestor was poor, and we Stcoin-Trade
3149-4 the Soochow Creek for example, and nowhere intended to frame rules, but the Governor in bishould, congratulate ourselves that under the Intricate planon 11/031-06 Unexpired Fire Insurance 210.38 is there a greater difference than the attitude reply shys they raust frame their rules and reglorious Ta Tsing dynasty this hereditary slavery
1.774.67 of the customs officials. Near the ports, a pass-lations first for approval, and then he will con- has been for ever abolished.
629 22 port secures respect and opens night barriers.sider their petition. 19,144 49 Not so inland. There it is demanded, examined,
and frequently copied out in full. Tó a unan The Shin Pao, of 9th February, in an article $170,97. official, or indeed to any official, aforeiger is a on the necessity of developing the minerit pealth very contemptible personage, neither to be con- of China, says China in known to contain sidered nor obliged, but to be made to feel that coal-fields of twenty mies the extent of all the traveller is powerless. He arrives at a barrier, mach coal as all Eurohe Shantung his gold, he is at best but an inferior devil And the coal-fields in Europe, Huban alone containing as it is three p.m., and the customs fag has just silver, lead, iron, ond coal mines. Shantung, fallen; work is over for the day. There Chibli, and South Manchuria have coalfields .5 478.23
remain three hours of daylight, his men are stretching under 250,000 square of thelf area. 55 7.93 still fresh and wishful to go. He will ask and Stansi, 14,000 squate 14" It in cálculated 9,800.85 permission to push on- So he climbs up to the that the coal therein stored would last the world office, on the top of a perpendicular cliff 2.433 years, at a yearly consumpilon of 300 $170,797.00 fully fifty feet high. He reaches the place million tons, Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangel, Kirin breathless, accompanied by his captain, The Manchuria and Mongolia all contain coal copper, case is explained, 'Oh, yes, you may go, then and iron-minee." "to-the captain; *pay the fee' (a matter of one"
REVENUE ACCOUNT,
'To Cost of Labor, Material, and Working Expenses
"
at the Company's thron Exublishments
Crown Rent..que se Dion Expenses, Salaries, Stationery, Rent, and
Petty Cash at Head Office
Drawing Office Expenses and Salaries......
Tolograme
.. Loss on Sale of Fame
Pro
By Gross Earnings of the Company's thron Establish
Toware, New Earningsdomskas
Transler Fees
Boas on promís & unclled Dividend Warrants
419,075,81
+
841Work in progress mapinjäga 1,400.31 Cash in Hand..???⠀ 15,497.41 Sundry Debtor .....................
0,849.03
500.
52124.19
$574.171.601xt Dec, 1889 LIABILITIES.
Amount of Capital-6,000 shares of
$25 each, fully paid up.
3.056.4
758.00 3.000.40
Amount of overdraft with the Hong- kong and Shanghai Barking. Cor- poration.....
8574175-Sunday Creditors terreno Balance of Profit and Loss Account...
D. GILLISE,
Secretary
We have seamlead the books and vouchers of the Company,
and certify that the above statements are is socordanca therë-
with
2
Hongkong, 11th February, tipo.
TROS, ARBOLD, "1.
7. HENDERIGE
THE LUZON SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED,
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the eighth ordinary anzuel meeting, to be held at the offices of the Generál Agents at noon on Thursday the 6th March, 1890-
A
The General Agents beg to submit to the Shareholder their report on the working of the Company and a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1889, T
During the month of January worker was stopped for the annual overhaal, but from February to September inclusive the Refinery was constantly employed. It was found necessary to close the works from the rat October as the bigh prices current is the Philippines for: rai sugar, consequent on short supplies, left no margin for refining, but work was resumed the 3rd instant.
60
After deducting from the gain on working, the
debit balance of $18,466 48 carried, forward
บ
$0.00.00
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, 31st Dec., 1879. To Cost of Labour, Material and
Working Expenses, Expenses in connection with the formation of the Company. „ Office · Expenses, Salaries and Petty Disbursements .................................. Pure Insurance.......................................................... Repain to Buildings... "Crawa Rent and Taxer una Amgunt written off Plast Account Interim Dividend of per cent. paid on the 17th July, 1589........ Balance to be appro priated, viz, Final Divider dend of $ per cent, on *$150,000 *****$$,500,09: Carry to Reserve: Fund. 1,000,00 Remuneration to Con
가
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salting Committee 5 per
cent on $17,300.85
"Auditor's". Fea
Balance to be carried to
New Accountan
from 1888; there remias at credit of-Profit and Loss Account the sum of $42, 143:22, which tha|| 31st Dedi, ́: General Agents, and Consuling: Committes : My Gross' recommend should bisppropriated as follows:
Dividend of 23 per Share
To write off 1 the General " Arents'
2170
:Special Advance Account,psizzlinga). 10,000.00
Carry-forward to next Account,ipuny
PROPRETI," "ACCOUNT,
The cost of New Cube, Machina has been transferred to this Account, which is, thun "Id- creased to $771,136.56
Interest
Transfer)
bands
150,00
KOREA,
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Chemulpo, February and. A STARI Few people know that Seoul has been enter.
taining a literary lion, unawares for the past eighteen months in the person of Military Instructor, or as he designates himself General Mac. E. Dyc, who many years ago thought fit to chronicle, in a volume under the thrilling tifle experiences of the Egyptian campaign against "Moslem Egypt and Christian Abyssinia," his King John in 1876. If the distinguished author while in business in Chicago and as a Pension could only be persuaded to namate his experiences Office clerk in Washington, with his Korçad impressions added in the form of an appendix, a rare treat would be in store for many people interested in this gentleman's chequered career, though the venture would not prove profitable from a financial or speculative point of view.
CAN IT BE TRUE.
Mrs Ko Yüh-tung, chief clerk in the Foochow native customs, is beld to be one of the richest imen in Foochew, and is a Taolai by purchase, His son, a lively young fellow, one day last month strolled by chance into a portrait painter's struck by a likeness of Liu Jung's father sitting catablishment, where his wandering eye was a stately attitude with a peacock's feather in his cap and a string of court bends round his neck. Young Ko was so displeased at this, that he tre the portrait and went away, while the unfortunate artist, still more angry than the uninvited critic, lanpost-haste to Liu's house and related the Incident, embellished with many a term of abuse of old Liu which Ko had never used. Liu then went off to expostulate with Ko, but that young man, far from apologising for the insult, retorted According to the same paper of February 10th with words that were all on the flames of Liu's the Formosan savages of. Ta k'o k'ar, alarmed wrath. Next day Liu, at the head of a body of by the progress of General Wy, have proffered treat Ho to a surprise party at his house in the United States Legation in the capital, the thirty-four friends, all gentlemen, proceeded to their submission and given up the notoriouschief Taitkan Street. They smashed up and utterly Niu-mingle wai, who was executed the demolished about Tle. 3,cop worth of omaments, capital op 17th dealy, This rebel was the furniture, and curlos in the reception-room, in- head man of several aboilginal, villages and gluding two magnificent juf (sceptres) of jade,
..
they broke up with repented, blows of an iron
penny sterlin,), So we return to our boat 65,241.38 together, the captain collects his cash and climbs the rock again. In a few minuts. he feturut looking downcast. Come hurry up, let us be 2,289 10
"off. But no. They have changed their minds, they must examine the boat tomorrow. Not 7,519.65
this evening? No. 4 Well, 11'go up again 309.31 179 31 myself and try" "No, not this evening-it's 1,054.30 dark" But, gasps the victim, the boat 13 horgal in slaghter of over person
fostpmenjal the 200 459 54 cmply and we have passed so miny customs The wall of alt dwelling are hung all round already. No, you can't go as a clerk with heads, trophies gathered with his own 7.500.00 you may have secre: goods on bad for aught bands, we, know. You can't go, What's your burry! You foreignem haven't got any public businças. Go (3) and bring your pisipoit Alas like foreigner's Andiner ficcon 1 lays Behebioins and temper goes, and he utters a forceful refusal. Now monsters of the deep, floating on the great when temper goes everything is lost. I'll go tea like mountains are portrayed in the without permission then,; (db; wry: good, go pages of Chmangiz, Lich-tzu, and Ku-k we'll soon catch you up, we won't search you- | Chu Such are the flu yil, the palë yll, the we'll deal with the captain. The poor wretch || sú fek-pih" "yi, all hundreds of feet long, for shivers as he hears the words and the foreigner which see the Kuny walk; but to see them feels that the near future mahs a meal of there is not like seeing them as large as life, as humble pie. Next, day be leays as noon; a house for slang Shan, says that lately, did, near Ningpo 9.800,85 sadder and a wiser man
But to get back to our journey. Another day, a gigantiq fish was seen opp day lately thing or two brings us to Linbuaikus, the customs there not far from the beach. A bold boating $94-984.5 barrier for Fengyangfu. Next mosing wo, wako went with a line, leaped on it head and to And ourselves rushing along before a su made, Lue finc, fast, and the fish hot moving 894,779 breeze from the N. E. It keeps up, and when whils ibe and was taken pahore, the people on (4-111,07|| night falls we are still flying befor it. There is share eran to jaulen the rope thididae khwas, $4.00 no necessity to tie up for the night; the moon dead, the fish, however, suddenly cavorted. in full and bright. The breeza lays with ur round, and the boatman was washed off, and -$94 984:17 | for thirty-six hours and, last wedjapanchor in drowned. When the fish was hauled ashore, it Thermouth if the River Ving, defifth of the was measured and found to be 280 feet long, with Journey in thirty-six hours-the eher four-fifths a head 1 feet high and 9 feet broad, and ja took forty days at a rare pe
maath g feat wide. An old faberman who saw. it pronounced it to be a half(s) Some one bought it for $163 and took it away. cengabeach
GRO FENWICK,
Rgth forged baby General Manager.
I have compared the above statements with
But we must stop at Palitowist for across the river there, as at Linkuaikuan is a chain of
Boorage the booki and wouchers of the Company:land | boats flankid by a customis" buk, only to be hare found the same:fin accordance therewith/15 passed în daylight and after our bönt
1992.CONSULTING COMMITTEE FA
› Mezare. D. Gillies and T. E÷Davies retire afte this meeting, but, belog eligible, offer themselves
for re-election. Mr. Davica is ́st préšant absent Hongkong! from the Colony, bắt will shortly return. 12072)
AUDITOR
The Accounts have been audited by", Mt. Arnold,hom the General Agents recomm
to be re-elected as Additor
SECONCILIATION JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.
Non Genaral
Hongkong 17th February, 1890.
the dières of
like width of the river
poling we faith our fist day's
A traveller
It is rumoured that there has been quite s Cabinet révolution within the sacred precincts of
valuable services of Wa In Tak, for many years The official interpreter to the Legation at the munt. ficent salary of $1,000 gold per annum, baving
been summarily dispensech an abrupt change we jade cups, and a large European mirror more. The reasons, for such an abrupt change about ten fest square and five inches thick, which are not positively known, but it is believed that barr Chief clerk Ko went straight to complain Seoul last Spling and Autumn, by
certain charges mysteriously whispered around certain d the Viceroy himself, who wrote the following German-American-Japanese captain in the reply on his petition! "Liu Jung is a naval Korean army; concerning financial frregularities officer on board the Tsin Yas, and ought there between the Minister and his native subordinate fore to know the rules of propriety. His proper have something to do with the event. It is reported course was to seek redress by negotiation or else that Mr. Hong-U-Kuan, formerly Secretary of by legal means, instead of trashing up furatture the Korean Legation in Tokio, replaces Mr. Wo --like, a common rowdy. Such conduct cannot in the U. S. service. This is a trifie hard on permitted in the capital of Fukica., The Com-Wo, but possibly his reputation will not suffer smander of the Tsing Vilas is requested to hand from the sudden action of bis superior. It may over bis, sub-lieutenant Lis, Jung, to the district be that Wo is the parly who first spread the jord of the quarrel, full enquiry must be mider Adviser to his Korean Majesty, and if so his magistrate, for punishment. With regard to the report about his chief canvasiing for the post of Corisis hard to believe that the elegant art of dismissal le no doubt fully justified zeiche portrait painting can have given rise ip such a discreditable disturbance The Min district magistrate Mr. K4, baying consequently re- ceived orders from the Provincial judge, pro- ceeded to view the damage, and the portrait, His decision has not been given yet, but he was seen to shake his head sadly and heard to say,
What a destruction of beautiful things
FOOCHOW
A REZILLA aqua Monday next
their usual
CHINKIANG.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) MMS VA Chinkiang, yib Feb, 1890, The U.S, gua-vessel Menocary arrived" hera from Nanking to-day, with General Jones, the
United States Consul, on board." She came to ** | anchor to the westward of Garlid Hill, where she
will await the arrival of the U.5; gún-véssel, Palor, which is to relieve her,
examined, I HAD, VITAE LUFTCaptain Woo, who was sent by Governor "Liualan endly, the New Year's holidays being | anniversary of the late riot, which occurred Hero
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February 8th. the officials will resun.eThe weather still keeps remarkably mild. The b on the sth of February last year, passed over very quielly. As usual after the Chinese New Year, number of Celestial sightseers crowded the Settlement, but behaved in a very orderly. manner. A number of Shantung refugees art being went away by the officials. They have of
city fathers are Improving, the look of the Bund by planilay young trees long its whole length: The Bund frontage is also claiming their atten- ilon. The sea wall is being strengthened, and the drains are all being put in good order. Mercurye te da se
Liu Ming-chuan to suppress the savages, bar Another failure is reported to have taken place ↑ The river Ying empties imelf to the Hual a succeeded in subduing them, or at least the that of a long-standing diy goods winchant is couple of // east of Chengyangkuin, the largest action he has taken will tend to bring these the city. The liablilties are; computed at Tis. place place: Yangchou and, the great port of lawless people to terms. When Capi, Woo first 290,0op, caused, it is stated, by the nativo banks nonsern Anat:At its mouth the last of the entered the mountain pass he failed to find
refused to grant this usual advances on alt barriers, and here an incient occurred any traces of these aborigines, but by pushing,
there are two second moss montis, Heidis (brows on the freamiance (of the inom vlaku le te themighat the this, it is stated, will make the next ten season foreigner travelling unofficially it China TE | tatages had; their chief, bound, hand and foot. Jate, say by ■ month. Such a calamity, we wled had not fallen, though it had lessened as we and Cent hlin with an escort to the enemy" bellère, will not cause much trouble to foreign entered the Ying. The moon is full, so our rimp When they presented Thini Liven to merchants, in fact, if we mistake not, their wish at the boat was early perceived and Inilintly halled to I Capt. Woo they beggód af him to desist fighting is that the season chould be fate every year.
which may be worth relating on account of the onwards into the innge districts he came to the Chinese: Almanac of the late infested the surroundings of the port Our
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